palms in.... Oregon?

[doubravsky]

Spent a few weeks in Oregon recently. Didn't expect to see any palms, but there were a few Trachies here and there. We came across this botanical garden as we were exploring the coast just south of Coos Bay...

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and last... a banana slug from the redwood forest on the northern coast of California!

[Dave-Vero]

The state park's had trachys for a very long time.  The Chamaerops (I think?) look like they're doing nicely.  Coos Bay has a very mild climate.  

Portland has a few very old trachys--one is about four stories tall.  Butia capitata grows well in Portland and thrives along Puget Sound.  Trachys are easy to obtain in Oregon--I recall picking up a half price end-of-season one at Fred Meyer about eight years ago.  It was something like $7, and really grew the next year!

There's a northwest palms discussion board at http://www.cloudforest.com/northwest/

[JakeK]

Fairly certain there are some large Phoenix canariensis along the coast in the extreme south. I've also seen pictures with some Washingtonia's in the Medford area.

[Dave-Vero]

The town square in Arcata, California has a big Phoenix canariensis--seems to have been there forever.

[Kris]

Dear Dave  

Fentastic stills and the first still with your kids is my favouriate still.and they look more beautiful than the flowers seen in the following still.and are they twins ? so close resemblense !

and rest of the stills i need not say much they are indeed terrefic and i see the term CIDP being said.can this visual man have any stills of my favouriate palms_Please !

thanks & Love,

Kris  

[Scott]

I lived in Oregon for five year, and actually planted my first palm there in Shady Cove. I understand it's thriving.

My Dad and his wife live in Jacksonville, they purchased several palms from Phil @ Jungle Music.

Yep, there's palms there alright, in fact at one time Southern Oregon used to be called the Banana Belt. It gets real hot there in the summer, sometimes over 100. Plus with the long summer days, all that extra sun to get stuff growing. In the winter, in the Rogue Valley, there's not much snow at all, and when there is it melts by afternoon - usually.

But I'm a SoCal native, so I had to return to my spawing grounds

[doubravsky]

Thanks for the info... I was surprised, but I guess I shouldn't have been...

Dave- yep there were two Chamaerops.. I think a Humilis and a Cerifera... and they looked really healthy.

Kris... thanks! They're not twins... 13 mos. apart. Close enough!

[Palmy]

They have palms all the way up in Vancouver, I have seen them.

There was a 15 foot Trachy just north of town.

[mppalms]

There are loads of Trachys along the water in Vancouver.  Some look like they've been around for many years.

Jason

[LA PALM BOY]

Actually, the climate there is more mild than in Abq...I saw Washies as far north as Eugene when I was traveling up there.

Doug

[PalmGuyWC]

In addition to the palms along the water on the West End in Vancouver BC, there are Trachycarpus all over town in private gardens.  Palms have become a fad in Vancouver and there are hundreds of them. There are quite a few T. wagnerianus scattered about town to.  It's just as cold hardy as Fortunei, if not more so. I visited a local nursery in Vancouver some years ago, and the Trachs. were quite pricey.  I would imagine the price has come down now with so many growing up there.

The climate is actually milder in Vancouver than either Portland or Seattle, although I've been in Vancouver when there was 7" of snow on the ground, but it doesn't last long.

Dick

[Dave-Vero]

Portland has a trachycarpus on NE Glisan Street that's three or four stories tall.  It's up against the south side of an apartment building, so did have a bit of protection.  

Ten years ago, baby Trachys were abundant and cheap, especially if you waited for Fred Meyer to clear out its plants in the fall.  I picked one up for $7.  It's thrived.

[Palmy]

Wow Dick, where you there in 2005 I think it was? When I was there there was about a half a foot snow on the ground also. I did not bring my camera, too bad. I only saw a few of those trachycarpus around. I saw more needle palms or whatever they call those things.